Officials: Botched Oklahoma execution will have no effect on Texas

Oklahoma's botched injection sparks calls to end secrecy about drugs

AUSTIN - Top Texas officials on Wednesday stood behind the state's execution protocols on Wednesday even after a botched execution in Oklahoma touched off calls nationally for states to revisit their safety measures and to stop keeping details about the lethal drugs secret.

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